Data for “Towards sustainable food consumption: a household-level analysis of home cooking behaviours in urban Vietnam”

The dataset includes variables used to construct the Household Sustainable Home Cooking (HSHC) Index, which measures sustainability across eight behavioural dimensions: meal planning, purchasing, cooking ability, storage, eating patterns, handling leftovers, waste management, and use of eco-friendly products. Socio-demographic variables such as education, occupation, family composition, etc. are also provided.This dataset enables replication of the composite-index development, robustness checks (equal- vs PCA-weighted indices), and cluster analysis identifying four household profiles: Food Management Leaders, Sustainable Diet Households, Planning and Leftover Strugglers, and Least Sustainable Households.Researchers and policymakers can use the data to study sustainable food consumption behaviours, evaluate policy interventions, or conduct comparative analyses of household sustainability in other urban contexts.